All Articles Tagged 'space' (7)

Amazing Art of Frank R. Paul

A network like ours must have its own gallery of Frank R. Paul's covers and illustrations.

Let us begin with Amazing Stories, the first English-language science fiction magazine, founded by Hugo Gernsback in 1926. By the way, Gernsback, an inventor, writer and entrepreneur, coined the term "science fiction" (he preferred to call the genre "scientifiction" but the public failed to share his choice). In April 1908 he founded…

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Added by lord_k on December 20, 2010 at 8:30am — 3 Comments

Mars Attacks

On October 30, 1938 (according to Orson Welles), Martian space fleet attacked New Jersey and advanced toward New York City...

Artistic (and perhaps a bit exaggerated) impression of the attack by Frank R. Paul, 1941

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Added by lord_k on November 10, 2010 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

KNOW YOUR PULP - Edgar Rice Burroughs

Author, Edgar Rice Burroughs

American novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs was the creator of the world famous character of Tarzan, one of the indispensable icons of popular culture. Burroughs also published science fiction and crime novels. His books are… Continue

Added by Tome Wilson on July 28, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

KNOW YOUR PULP - Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon, by Alex Raymond

Flash Gordon, introduced as a Sunday newspaper comic strip by King Features Syndicate in 1934, remains after more than 70 years, one of the best-known and most beloved epics of heroic fantasy produced in… Continue

Added by Tome Wilson on July 28, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

KNOW YOUR PULP - The Lensmen series

The Lensmen series

The Lensman series is a serial science fiction space opera by Edward Elmer "Doc" Smith. It was a HUGO Finalist for Best Science Fiction All-Time Series.

The series was published in magazines, before being collated and reworked into the… Continue

Added by Tome Wilson on July 27, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

A Wonderful New World of Fords (1960)

Ford commercial linking new compact cars to futurism and the space… Continue

Added by Tome Wilson on June 21, 2009 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

To the Moon. 1929

80 years ago a man (and a woman) landed on the Moon - in Fritz Lang's Frau im Mond movie (known as By Rocket to the Moon and Girl in the Moon).

Today the landing episode may look ridicoulous, but the start is still majestic as ever.

Famous rocket scientist Hermann Oberth provided Lang with technical advice and stuff.